Great Crested Flycatcher - BirdForum Opus

Photo by bobsofpa
Boy Scout Woods Sanctuary, High Island, Texas, USA, April 2016

Myiarchus crinitus

Identification

21·5 cm (8½ n) a large flycatcher

• Rufous wings and tail
• Gray breast
• Yellow belly
• Crown feathers have dark centres
• Often erects a bushy crest

Distribution

Photo by KC Foggin
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA, July 2006

Breeds from south-central to southeastern Canada to southeastern USA and west to Texas; it winters to northern South America.

Rare to casual vagrant in the western United States.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Habitat

Mature deciduous forests.

Behaviour

Somewhat secretive.

Diet

Often solitary or in pairs while foraging for insects or fruit in the upper level of the trees.

Vocalisation

Juvenile
Photo by tetoneon
New Jersey, USA, June 2016

Call: a loud whistled wheeep! or a rolling prrrrreet!

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved July 2014)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Great Crested Flycatcher. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 13 May 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Great_Crested_Flycatcher

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